Topic: Yoga & Attempts at Zen-Like Mothering
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It really is the little things
I'm not the kind of grrrl who requires expensive gifts. You might not guess this about me and that is OK. As much as I might...
I'm not the kind of grrrl who requires expensive gifts. You might not guess this about me and that is OK. As much as I might...
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Lil E explains: The hereafter
On death: Wait..wait..waaaaiiiit. When you die, does your body automatically go to the gravestone. When your body dies, is it...
On death: Wait..wait..waaaaiiiit. When you die, does your body automatically go to the gravestone. When your body dies, is it...
Sassafrass posted a blog entry
A pause before the parent-teacher conference
Before the in-depth discussion of gross motor skills, code-switching, class leadership and imbuing a sense of responsibility...
Before the in-depth discussion of gross motor skills, code-switching, class leadership and imbuing a sense of responsibility...
42 days ago
Sassafrass
| Topics: Ayurveda, Yoga & Attempts at Zen-Like..., Chicago Grrrl, Lil E Love
Sassafrass
| Topics: Ayurveda, Yoga & Attempts at Zen-Like..., Chicago Grrrl, Lil E LoveSassafrass posted a blog entry
Sweetness, cubed
My patience was tested cropping and printing and cutting photos for a class project Lil E brought home last week. The kids had...
My patience was tested cropping and printing and cutting photos for a class project Lil E brought home last week. The kids had...
45 days ago
Sassafrass
| Topics: Ayurveda, Yoga & Attempts at Zen-Like..., Chicago Grrrl, Flexing my single mama...
Sassafrass
| Topics: Ayurveda, Yoga & Attempts at Zen-Like..., Chicago Grrrl, Flexing my single mama...Sassafrass posted a blog entry
This one's just between us
There are times when I long to feel the shallow breaths of the baby curled up like a bug on my chest, cooing in his sleep, tiny...
There are times when I long to feel the shallow breaths of the baby curled up like a bug on my chest, cooing in his sleep, tiny...
Sassafrass posted a blog entry
I'm calling it NoBlownPoMo
For three years, I've participated in NoBloPoMo and I didn't anticipate this year would be any different. To the best of my...
For three years, I've participated in NoBloPoMo and I didn't anticipate this year would be any different. To the best of my...
Sassafrass posted a blog entry
First a line, then a bump
In a slight pause before a big weekend, we stopped off at a coffee shop for after-school treats and a little quiet time...
In a slight pause before a big weekend, we stopped off at a coffee shop for after-school treats and a little quiet time...
Sassafrass posted a blog entry
Postcards from the past: Three Novembers ago
Of the thousands and thousands of photos of this child living on my hard drive, this may be my favorite. He wore that newsboy...
Of the thousands and thousands of photos of this child living on my hard drive, this may be my favorite. He wore that newsboy...
Sassafrass posted a blog entry
Speeding the pace
Years ago, I participated in what was then the Avon Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk. The challenge was to team up with several of my...
Years ago, I participated in what was then the Avon Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk. The challenge was to team up with several of my...
Sassafrass posted a blog entry
Lil E explains: [Feel free to insert interpretation here]
In the car, driving home in the dark (thanks, Daylight Saving Time), trying desperately to have our routine "5 things about my...
In the car, driving home in the dark (thanks, Daylight Saving Time), trying desperately to have our routine "5 things about my...
58 days ago
Sassafrass
| Topics: Ayurveda, Yoga & Attempts at Zen-Like..., Flexing my single mama..., Lil E Love
Sassafrass
| Topics: Ayurveda, Yoga & Attempts at Zen-Like..., Flexing my single mama..., Lil E LoveSassafrass posted a blog entry
The webs we weave
I've posted about this song on Sassafrass before, but the words just keep rolling around in my head today, especially this...
I've posted about this song on Sassafrass before, but the words just keep rolling around in my head today, especially this...
60 days ago
Sassafrass
| Topics: Ayurveda, Yoga & Attempts at Zen-Like..., Flexing my single mama..., Mama cranks it...
Sassafrass
| Topics: Ayurveda, Yoga & Attempts at Zen-Like..., Flexing my single mama..., Mama cranks it...Sassafrass posted a blog entry
In case you need directions
...to the troll house, apparently you just need to follow the arrows. Yes, right there next to the beaded Pier One pumpkins and...
...to the troll house, apparently you just need to follow the arrows. Yes, right there next to the beaded Pier One pumpkins and...
Sassafrass posted a blog entry
Once upon a zine
I was telling someone just this weekend about the days when I published a feminist anthology, rebellious and radical and...
I was telling someone just this weekend about the days when I published a feminist anthology, rebellious and radical and...
71 days ago
Sassafrass
| Topics: Ayurveda, Yoga & Attempts at Zen-Like..., Feminist mama, Lil E Love
Sassafrass
| Topics: Ayurveda, Yoga & Attempts at Zen-Like..., Feminist mama, Lil E LoveSassafrass posted a blog entry
Three minutes (or a week) of real beauty
I love that this week is Fat Talk Free Week, an international campaign to bring activism and awareness to the damage the skinny...
I love that this week is Fat Talk Free Week, an international campaign to bring activism and awareness to the damage the skinny...
72 days ago
Sassafrass
| Topics: Ayurveda, Yoga & Attempts at Zen-Like..., Feminist mama, Mama Likey
Sassafrass
| Topics: Ayurveda, Yoga & Attempts at Zen-Like..., Feminist mama, Mama LikeySassafrass posted a blog entry
Gearing up
As another holiday approaches, I've felt that familiar feeling crawl up and make me catch my breath. How in the world would I...
As another holiday approaches, I've felt that familiar feeling crawl up and make me catch my breath. How in the world would I...
77 days ago
Sassafrass
| Topics: Ayurveda, Yoga & Attempts at Zen-Like..., Divorce, Flexing my single mama...
Sassafrass
| Topics: Ayurveda, Yoga & Attempts at Zen-Like..., Divorce, Flexing my single mama...Sassafrass posted a blog entry
King of his own little hill
My friend Katie snapped these shots while our boys were running wild at the pumpkin patch over the weekend. She and I stood...
My friend Katie snapped these shots while our boys were running wild at the pumpkin patch over the weekend. She and I stood...
Sassafrass posted a blog entry
Thank God for the passing of time: Another October 12
And so another anniversary has arrived. Seven years ago today, I married the man who is now my ex-husband. It is more than just...
And so another anniversary has arrived. Seven years ago today, I married the man who is now my ex-husband. It is more than just...
